The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-01
AYii3Ias of Iaa9rplrati0n
OPTHE SOUTH CHA CANAL GO.

We, Robert McPherson, ". E. Pope and O. F. Thornton, desiring to incorporate our selves under the provisions of the Laws of the Territory of Arizona, and especially an Act of the Legislative Assembly thereof entitled ''An Act Concerning Corporations, 5 approved March Sth, 1887, for the purpose of engaging in the enterprise hereinafter described, do make, subscribe and acknowl- edge in triplicate these Articles of incorpo- ration.
 The nayse of this corporation, and by which it shall hereafter be known, is the South Gila Caual Company, and it's princi- pal place for transacting business is the town of Aztec, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona.
 II.
 This corporation is organized for the pur- pose of constructing a canal in the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, upon the South bank of the Gila River at point one and one half miles below the West end of Oatman Canhon, for the purpose of divert ing and carrying water from said Gila Riv- CT for agricultural, horticultural, domestic and manufacturing purposes. III. The amount of capital stock shall be One Million (Sl .O0O, ,OO0,) Dollars, divided into twenty thousand (20 0,OOOl shares of the par value of Fifty (S5O.00) Dollars each, which said stock shall be paid in at tllo time and under the conditions specified and au thorized by the Board of Directors of this corporation.
 The commencement of this corporation shall be the day upon which these Articles are filed in the office of the Recorder of Yu ma County. and shall terminate fifty (50) years thereafter.
 V.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted by Board of Directors compos- ed of five (5) persons, who shall be elected annually by the stockholders, and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified.
 The time and manner of said election shall be provided for iR the By Laws of said corporation.
 Said Directors shall be subscribers to the capital stock of said corporation, and no person shall be eligible to said office unless he be stockholder in the corporation, and auy person teasing to be subscriber shall l. n ,E1.. fko.. '. Director shall cease to be a stockholder he shall cease to be Director
 The Board of Directors of this corporation shall have power to establish By Laws and make all rules and regulations necessary for the management of the affairs of this corpo- ration and the officers thereof.
 The following named persons, who are subscribers to the capital stock of this cor poration, shall constitute the Board of Di- rectors until the Doth day of July, 1888, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, to wit: Robert McPherson, w. E. Pope, O. F. Thornton, c. W. Came ron and G. ". Mauk.
 The highest amount of indebtedness, di- rect or contingent, to which the corporation shall he at any time liable, is the sum of Two H lndred and Fifty Thousand (S250, ,000l Dollars.
 VII.
 The stockholders and their private prop erty shall be exempt from the corporate debts of this corporation.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set onr hands and seals this 20th day of July, 1887 Executed ill triplicate.